Re: cups 1.2.2 and parallel port printers

2006-09-19 Thread Bastiaan Welmers
Hi, To me cups 1.2.2 doesn't work at all with my USB printer (HP Laserjet 1010 on /dev/ulpt0). I followed the instructions to make /dev/ulpt0 accessible to cups. When I try to print something just nothing happens and after a while I get the error message "/dev/ulpt0: device busy". Installing the

Re: cups 1.2.2 and parallel port printers

2006-09-09 Thread Henry Lenzi
I have this in my /etc/devfs.rules file on a system successfully using CUPS with a parallel port printer: [localrules=10] add path 'lpt*' mode 0660 group cups (I also have 'devfs_system_ruleset="localrules"' in my /etc/rc.conf file.) That makes sure that CUPS can access the lpt* devices (inc

Re: cups 1.2.2 and parallel port printers

2006-09-09 Thread Henry Lenzi
My problem is that when you add a printer via the web interface the devices pull-down does not show a parallel port even if the system has detected that there is a printer there. (ie dmesg shows the printer discovery) so where is the parallel port? Hi -- What I think you want to know is the

Re: cups 1.2.2 and parallel port printers

2006-09-07 Thread Paul Mather
On Thu, 7 Sep 2006 08:42:11 -0400, Robert Huff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > > anybody seen this behavior before? or have a clue? > > I don't know if this is your problem, but I have seen similar > issues. > _In my case_, CUPS as ported does not like

Re: cups 1.2.2 and parallel port printers

2006-09-07 Thread Thomas T. Veldhouse
Robert Huff wrote: # make lpt0 available to CUPS perm/dev/lpt00666 Doesn't seem to work. :-( You need devfs_system_ruleset="system" in /etc/rc.conf Tom Veldhouse ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list

Re: cups 1.2.2 and parallel port printers

2006-09-07 Thread Robert Huff
Alex Zbyslaw writes: > Did you as root do > > sh /etc/rc.d/devfs start > > AFAIK rules are only applied when the node is created, which it > already would have been when you added/changed your rule. > > Also not /dev/lpt0 but just lpt0. Devfs rules only apply to /dev! That /s

Re: cups 1.2.2 and parallel port printers

2006-09-07 Thread Alex Zbyslaw
Robert Huff wrote: Jona Joachim writes: >_In my case_, CUPS as ported does not like the permissions on > /dev/lpt0*. They default to "crw---"; setting them to > "crw-rw-rw-" makes the parallel printer appear. >There should be a way to tall devfs to change those permissions > au

Re: cups 1.2.2 and parallel port printers

2006-09-07 Thread Robert Huff
Jona Joachim writes: > >_In my case_, CUPS as ported does not like the permissions on > > /dev/lpt0*. They default to "crw---"; setting them to > > "crw-rw-rw-" makes the parallel printer appear. > >There should be a way to tall devfs to change those permissions > > automaticall

Re: cups 1.2.2 and parallel port printers

2006-09-07 Thread Jona Joachim
Robert Huff wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > >> anybody seen this behavior before? or have a clue? > > I don't know if this is your problem, but I have seen similar > issues. > _In my case_, CUPS as ported does not like the permissions on > /dev/lpt0*. They default to "crw--

cups 1.2.2 and parallel port printers

2006-09-07 Thread Robert Huff
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > anybody seen this behavior before? or have a clue? I don't know if this is your problem, but I have seen similar issues. _In my case_, CUPS as ported does not like the permissions on /dev/lpt0*. They default to "crw---"; setting them to "crw-rw-r

cups 1.2.2 and parallel port printers

2006-09-07 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
After cvsupping my ports tree to fix a couple of security problems I decided to install cups for printing. Yea I know it isnt the freebsd default -- thats for another day. Anyway This new version of cups 1.2.2 is really cool, I like the interface and the web admin portal has really undergone l